Meat-compressor.



A. RISPEL.

MEAT COMPRESSOR.

APPLICATION FILED Nov.11,191=..

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-, 4' l y Witnesses ALEXANDER EISPEL, OF CICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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Application led November 17, 1915. Serial No. 62,916.

To allfwtpm t may concern.' Y f Be it knownthat l, ALnnANDnn RrsPEL, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cookand 'State of lllinois-,- have invented a new and usefulMeat-Compressor,of which the followingfis a specification. y t

The device forming the subject matter of this applicationis adapted tobe employed for compressing meat and for holding meat while the same isbeing boiled. The present invention aims to provide novel means wherebyrelative movement may be secured between the members of the compressorto effect a compressing of the meat.A

Another object of the invention is to provide a"novel form of latchwhich constitutes at once a means for holding the constituent members ofthe compressor together, and a means whereby may be manipulated, aspring which constitutes a part of the means for drawing the members ofthe compressor together.

vIt is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the presentinvention appertains.

With the above and other objects inview which will appear as thedescription pre` ceeds, the invention 'resides in the/"combination andarrangement of parts and in the des tails .of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit oftheinvention.

lin Q the accompanying drawing-#Figure 1 is a top plan; Fig. 2 is an endelevatlon; Fig. 3 is a `cross section, the latch being inlocked'relation with respect to the lteeperj Fig. 4 is a fragmentaltransverse sectidn, on.

an enlarged`scale,wherei n the latch is shown 'inlits intermediateposition;y Fig. 5 is an end elevation of one of the casings, distanceparts being omitted.

The compressor forming the subject Inat ter of this applicationpreferably is fash' oned from metal -throughout and comprlses 50' a pairof'trough-sha edmembers 1 and 2 embodying overlappe end walls 3, thelower edges :of the members 1 and 2 being united bymeans of a pivotrodf4, so that the said members may be swung toward and` away from eachother. The space between the. up-

per edges of the trough-shaped members 1 is 8 and in the rearwall9 ofeach casing 7 is p y a plunger l() 'which preferably is of rectangularcross' section, indicated in Fig. 5, the

lopenings in the WallsS and 9 being shaped 'l accordingly, so that theplunger l() willnot rotate. Extended through" the plungers 10`n tandlocated within the casings 7 are abutments in the form of pins 11, oneof the .side walls of each casing 7 having an opening 12 through whichthe abutment pin 11 may be inserted into the' plunger 10. Strongcompression springs 14 are located within the casings 7 and around theplungers 10, the forward ends ofl the springs 14 abutting against thefront walls 8 of the casings, and

the rear ends of the springs abutting aga?. the pins 11.

Ahead ofthe front walls 8 of the casings 7 the `plungers 10 carry pit/otelements 15 upon which are mounted to swing latches 16 equipped withteeth 17 adapted to engage the flange 22 of a keeper bar21 attached tothe trough-shaped member 2 adjacent thev longitudinal edge thereof. Therear ends of the latches 16 are pointed to form cams 18 defining inthelatches 16, lower inclined edges 19, and upper edges 20.

lin practical'operation, when the latches 16 are closed' down. intoengagement with the keepers 21--22, as shown in Fig, 3, the pointed cams18 bear upon the forward walls 8 of the casings '7 above the centers ofthe pivot elements 15. The springs 14, thrustineiflm rearwardly againstthe abutment pins 11 an coacting 'with-the front walls 8 of the casings7 tendI to throw the outer orv free ends ofthe latches 16 downwardlyoandto maintain the teetl'l 17 ion the latches engaged with 105 fore,beingto swing the trough-shaped mem'- 110 titi bers 1 and. Q toward eachother thereby effecting a compression of the meat within the members 1and 2f.

When it' is desired to swing the latches 16 y 5 into opened positions,the cams 18 engage with the front `wallsS of the casings 7 and effecte.. compression of the springs 14. When the latches 16 have been swungnp- Wardly beyond thepositions shown in Fig.

.10 Vel, the edges 20 of the latches-come into contact with the'frontwalls '8 of the casings 7,

' and thelsp-rings 14 react on the plungers' 10 to hold the latchesl inupstanding, unlocked positions.

15 edge of'each 'latch' 16 is beveled as shown at 19, vthe latch 16'maybe. swung downwardly to alposition slightly beyond the position shown inFig.' 3, n contingency arising when the vlongitudinal edges of thetrough-slmped 2O members 1 and 2 are spaced apart less widely than@shown in Fig. 3. v

. I-Iaizingv thus described the invention, what claimedis 15A meatcompressor ,comprising n pair l25l oipivotal'ly connected, trough-shapedmem bers; a "casing env-one member; a keeper on ,thel other member; :iplunger mounted to.

' slide in'v the'y casing;v ran abutment on the,

. plunger; 'al springinterposed betweenv the.

3D abutment and the 4forward'end of the cas` ing'f' and. e letchi`pivoted .to the plunger and provided `.with meansl for yengaging thekeeper, the latch 4terminating at itsinner Because the' .lower rearl endin e cam enacting with the casing to `Slidnbly gnnd'zi springcooperating u til: seid means `und the plunger, the hitch being providedwith n cani engaging snid means.

3. A meut compressor embodying' :i pnir of pirotelly connected,trough--slmpcd incn1- bers; ay keeper carried by one of said niembers;:i latch pirotnlly und slidnbly carried; by the other of sind membersund adapted to conct witlrthe keeper; and spring means for drawing thehitch circumferentinlly ot' lboth members, to effect relativecompressive movement between said members.

In testin'i ny that I claim the.l foregoing ns l ,my o wn, I have heretoufhxedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses. I ALEXANDER RISPEL.

f Witnesses:

LOUIS LIEDTKE, `IRA BRUEGKNER.

